Professional VMware vRealize Automation 8.x Training and Certification

Course Overview

The Professional VMware vRealize Automation 8.x training program is designed to help IT professionals and cloud architects gain hands-on skills in automating infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, and operational management using VMware vRA 8.x.

This course provides in-depth training on building modern, policy-driven self-service portals for deploying workloads across vSphere, VMware Cloud, AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud environments. It also covers integrations with vRealize Orchestrator, vRealize Operations, and external tools like Ansible and Terraform.

Why Choose This Course

  • Learn to design and deploy self-service cloud portals and automated workflows

  • Streamline infrastructure provisioning and governance across multi-cloud environments

  • Gain real-world experience with Cloud Templates, Service Broker, and Code Stream

  • Integrate with leading tools for DevOps, IaC (Infrastructure as Code), and ITSM

  • Prepare for roles in cloud automation, SRE, and platform engineering

Who Should Enroll

  • VMware administrators and cloud engineers transitioning to automation roles

  • DevOps professionals managing hybrid cloud infrastructure

  • System integrators and solution architects implementing self-service IaaS

  • Cloud consultants working on vRA-based private or hybrid cloud deployments

  • IT professionals preparing for VMware cloud automation certifications

Skills You Will Gain

  • Understanding vRA architecture, components, and deployment models

  • Designing and building Cloud Templates (blueprints) using YAML

  • Configuring projects, cloud zones, and image mappings

  • Automating deployment workflows with vRealize Orchestrator and Code Stream

  • Managing policies for day-2 operations, approvals, and governance

  • Integrating vRA with vSphere, NSX-T, AWS, Azure, GCP, and configuration tools

Career Opportunities

  • VMware Cloud Automation Engineer

  • Cloud Infrastructure Architect

  • Platform Automation Specialist

  • DevOps Engineer – Hybrid Cloud

  • vRealize Suite Consultant

Applicable in enterprises moving toward IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS), private cloud models, and multi-cloud environments, especially in finance, manufacturing, telecom, and IT services sectors.

Build Cloud-Aware Infrastructure That Automates Itself

VMware vRealize Automation 8.x enables organizations to simplify cloud operations while accelerating service delivery. This course equips you with the expertise to lead automation in any enterprise.

Enroll in VMware vRealize Automation 8.x Training at Linux Training Center, Coimbatore

Professional VMware vRealize Automation 8.x Syllabus

Modules

Section 1 – Architecture and Technologies

  • Objective 1.1 – Describe the architecture of vRealize Automation (Kubernetes pods, Workspace ONE Access,
  • Lifecycle Manager)
  • Objective 1.2 – Differentiate between vRealize Automation vs vRealize Automation cloud
  • Objective 1.3 – Describe the services offered by vRealize Automation (Cloud Assembly, Service Broker, Code
  • Stream, Orchestrator, and SaltStack Config)

    • Section 2 – There are no testable objectives for this section.

    Section 3 – There are no testable objectives for this section.

    Section 4 – Installing, Configuring, and Setting Up

  • Objective 4.1 – Describe the different types of vRealize Automation deployments (standard vs. clustered, vRA
  • Envrion Scale Out)
  • Objective 4.2 – Prepare the pre-requisites for the installation (DNS, NTP, Service Accounts etc.)
  • Objective 4.3 – Perform a simple installation using vRealize Easy Installer
  • Objective 4.4 – Configure vRealize Automation using Quick Start
  • Objective 4.5 – Perform manual installation using Lifecycle Manager (Workspace ONE Access and vRealize
  • Automation and vRA Envrion Scale Out)
  • Objective 4.6 – Configure identity sources (add a directory)
  • Objective 4.7 – Configure identity and access management (RBAC)
  • Objective 4.8 – Set up Cloud Accounts (NSX Constructs)
  • Objective 4.9 – Add Cloud Zones
  • Objective 4.10 – Add Projects
  • Objective 4.11 – Add Image Mappings
  • Objective 4.12 – Add Flavor Mappings
  • Objective 4.13 – Add Network Profiles
  • Objective 4.14 – Add Storage Profiles
  • Objective 4.15 – Describe different types of basic integrations available with vRealize Automation ("out of the
  • box")
  • Objective 4.16 – Integrate vRealize Automation with vRealize Operations (Native Integration and Dashboards)
  • Objective 4.17 – Describe the Onboarding Process
  • Objective 4.18 – Describe ABX
  • Objective 4.19 – Describe Different Types of Tags in vRealize Automation
  • Objective 4.20 – Configure Capability Tags
  • Objective 4.21 – Install SaltStack Config using vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager
  • Objective 4.22 – Create Cloud Template to Deploy Minions
  • Objective 4.23 – Pre-requisites for Configuring Multi-tenancy
  • Objective 4.24 – Configure Code Stream Endpoints and Basic Pipelines
  • Objective 4.25 – Describe the Use Case of Integrating Terraform with vRA

    • Section 5 – There are no testable objectives for this section.

    Section 6 – Troubleshooting and Repairing

  • Objective 6.1 – Collect log bundles
  • Objective 6.2 – Describe "vracli" commandlet options
  • Objective 6.3 – Describe "kubectl" (vRA Appliance) commandlet options
  • Objective 6.4 – Troubleshoot vRealize Automation configuration errors (Cloud Zone, tags, YAML, etc.)
  • Objective 6.5 – Troubleshoot provisioning errors
  • Objective 6.6 – Monitor deployments (provisioning diagram)
  • Objective 6.7 – Monitor vRO workflow execution (extensibility and event logs)

    • Section 7 – Administrative and Operational Tasks

  • Objective 7.1 – Manage the Identity and Access Management tab (vRA organization and service roles)
  • Objective 7.2 – Manage Cloud Accounts
  • Objective 7.3 – Manage Cloud Zones
  • Objective 7.4 – Manage Projects
  • Objective 7.5 – Manage Image Mappings
  • Objective 7.6 – Manage Flavor Mappings
  • Objective 7.7 – Manage Capability and Constraint Tags
  • Objective 7.8 – Manage Storage Profiles
  • Objective 7.9 – Manage Network Profiles
  • Objective 7.10 – Create and Manage Cloud Templates (Cloud Templates Inputs, YAML file and its syntax, NSX-T
  • On-Demand Network Contructs)
  • Objective 7.11 – Create and manage Cloud Template Versions
  • Objective 7.12 – Manage Extensibility/Subscription (ABX/vRealize Orchestrator)
  • Objective 7.13 – Deploy Catalog items
  • Objective 7.14 – Manage deployments
  • Objective 7.15 – Describe Kubernetes clusters (Kubernetes zone)
  • Objective 7.16 – Customize a deployment using CloudConfig/Cloud-InIt
    • Objective 7.17 – Create Service Broker Content Sources
  • Objective 7.18 – Configure Content Sharing
  • Objective 7.19 – Create and Manage Custom Forms
  • Objective 7.20 – Manage Policies (definition and enforcement)
  • Objective 7.21 – Manage notifications (email servers)
  • Objective 7.22 – Manage Virtual Private Zones (VPZs)

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